I agree that the passenger service to Auckland should be re started.
It was well used when it was running at a good time for most people. Trouble started when those running the service didn't want it so they changed the time.
Then it was useless for most people.
The Owners said, 'Hardly any one is using it. We will close it and just have freight.”
I also feel we should make better use of the railway from the Mount to The Strand.
Hundreds of tourists arrive every year on ships.
If there was a passenger train service it would be really worthwhile.
We could first show off the lovely harbour,
Then people could walk around Tauranga.
Nowadays it is possible to have a bus that can run on the rail track and then go on the road. People could then also go for a tour of Tauranga.

Elsie Jones, Tauranga.